AJR1 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 A Question out of complete curiousity. I wondered what happens to attachments that are uploaded to the forums? Are they deleted monthly / annually? Or kept on a server somewhere forever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gary7 Subscriber² Posted May 23, 2008 Subscriber² Share Posted May 23, 2008 I believe that they are kept with the post they were uploaded with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven P. Administrators Posted May 23, 2008 Administrators Share Posted May 23, 2008 They are kept forever in a corner named uploads.neowin.net of our server matrix :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted May 23, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2008 Just out of interest, are attachments actually deleted when you delete them in the user control panel? I've deleted a few and I've noticed that even though I've deleted the files the files still exist (by pressing refresh, and I also did Ctrl + F5 and the image I deleted still existed. Are they just deleted from the post, but not the server? Or is there a delay between the user deleting the files, and the files actually being deleted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted May 23, 2008 Developer Share Posted May 23, 2008 Just out of interest, are attachments actually deleted when you delete them in the user control panel? I've deleted a few and I've noticed that even though I've deleted the files the files still exist (by pressing refresh, and I also did Ctrl + F5 and the image I deleted still existed. Are they just deleted from the post, but not the server? Or is there a delay between the user deleting the files, and the files actually being deleted? Because we have 4 servers, and 2 host the main site, while a 3rd hosts the uploads, I never got around to hooking up the delete function to the function that syncs the upload over to uploads.neowin.net, so they will continue to exist there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted May 23, 2008 Veteran Share Posted May 23, 2008 Because we have 4 servers, and 2 host the main site, while a 3rd hosts the uploads, I never got around to hooking up the delete function to the function that syncs the upload over to uploads.neowin.net, so they will continue to exist there. Ah I see. Thanks for the info Dave (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Because we have 4 servers, and 2 host the main site, while a 3rd hosts the uploads, I never got around to hooking up the delete function to the function that syncs the upload over to uploads.neowin.net, so they will continue to exist there. When do you think this will be fixed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveLegg Developer Posted May 23, 2008 Developer Share Posted May 23, 2008 When do you think this will be fixed? Some time in the future when I'm bored I guess. It's not exactly causing any issues, so its not a high priority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJR1 Posted May 24, 2008 Author Share Posted May 24, 2008 +1 Thanks for the answers DaveLegg, I need no longer be curious about the Attachments, lol quite sad but useful all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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